From MATTHEW HOSIER
Whatever the biology of it, humans are distinctly different from chimpanzees
– in many ways that herring gulls are not distinct from black-backed gulls.
The two species of bird occupy basically the same niche around the globe and
behave as a single ecological species, if not a taxonomic one. Man and the
apes clearly do not have a similar ecological impact and other differences
between ‘us’ and ‘them’ are profound: we write, we philosophise, we cook,
we make music, and so on.
Matthew Hosier
Hove, East Sussex
